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The European partners of Greece are recommending tougher measures to limit how many Greeks and Balkan residents can migrate to other countries in search of a better life and a job, trying to get away from a record unemployment...

Greece will spend no more than 50 million euros to host the six-month rotating European Union presidency, which it will assume in January, Parliament was told. Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Kourkoulos told the House's European affairs committee that the government...

With unemployment ranging from 35 to 50 % in many occupations, more and more city residents are choosing to go to Bulgaria to find a job. According to data, illegal employment is at high levels, while unemployment has reached 35...

On September 17 the Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras will visit the capital of the European Union, Brussels, where he will hold meetings with the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the European...

It wasn't much improvement but Greece now ranks 91st instead of 96th on the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness chart for 2013 of 144 countries surveyed. “In working to overcome its present difficulties, Greece has a number of strengths on...

Speculation that Greece will need additional rescue aid for its economy is rapidly turning toward certainty with another European Union official acknowledging it seems inevitable and will be about 10 billion euros ($13 billion) to complement two bailouts totaling...

Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, who is reviewing whether to impose a 25-euros per visit fee for being seen at hospitals, said he wants the European Union to pick up the cost of treatment for illegal immigrants inundating Greece...

A three-day strike from early in the morning of August 9 until midnight on August 11 will be conducted, as decided by the Federation of Associations of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (OSYPA), reacting to the government’s decision to fire...

The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch accused Greek police of violating the international human rights law and European Union regulations, regarding the policy applied for immigration control. More specifically the Greek Police is accused of racial profiling, arbitrary detention...

The unfavorable weather conditions of the previous period had a tragic impact on the crops of olive producers this year, regardless of the olive variety (Kalamon Olive, Chondrolia of Chalkidiki etc). At first sight, losses reach a percentage of...